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One happy student

Another group was trained under the Mural workshops. A course that focuses on recruiting and training community correspondents reporting from the outskirts of São Paulo.

Measuring Impact

I’m thinking a lot about the definition of the word “impact” these days. When I reflect on my past two years in Kenya, the meaning might seem clear at first.

“Just what the heck is different about Kenyan media since my plane touched down in late June 2008?" Wow, that question almost felt egomaniacal as I typed it! How can one person expect to exert enough influence to quantify a tangible impact on an entire country’s media? In one year, or two….or 10, for that matter?

Where are the issues?

The Brazilian media has devoted all of its manpower to cover a series of scandals recently emerged.

Catch 22

On Saturday, the 11th, the Mural project reconvened in Folha de São Paulo's training room.

CONVERGING IMPACT: NTV and Daily Nation join forces on health policy coverage

If this looks like a tightly cropped shot, it really isn't. The actual room where this scene took place was only about a 10 by 8 foot space tucked away in a back office at Webuye Hospital, Bungoma District, about two hours from Kisumu, Kenya.

This setting mirrors hundreds of hospitals and clinics in Western Kenya, where every day, thousands of children develop severe symptoms of diarrheal disease. It happens because they live in villages and towns where there’s scarce access to clean water.

I Say Potato. You Say Papa Nativa.

Thousands of potatoes, the world's best coffee, and the secret to getting married take center stage at Peru's largest food festival.

Finding a boyfriend and getting married in Peru must be pretty difficult. That is if you follow the tradition behind the Yana Piña potato, also known as the "Mother-in-Law Potato." According to tradition, before a girl can get married she needs to prove her love- and worth- to her future mother-in-law by peeling this grenade-looking thing...

So Few We Begin to Forget Them

Editors Note: Zarina Geloo travels to leper colony in Zambia.

Journalist as Entrepreneur

Recently, the MalaysiaKini citizen journalist program kicked into expansion mode with a three-day “train the trainers” workshop in Kuala Lumpur.

Seven Dead, Scores Wounded as Riots Spread Across Maputo

Editor’s Note: Mercedes Sayagues is a Knight International Health Fellow working to improve coverage of health issues in Mozambique. She found herself in the midst of violent riots in Maputo this week, and her reporter’s instincts took over.I was 50 meters away when the bullet hit Helio Rute, slicing a chunk of his skull. Helio was 12 years old and heading home when he was caught between rioters and police on Acordos de Lusaka avenue in Maputo. He died on the spot, one of more than half a dozen killed today.

La publicidad personalizada: ¿una amenaza a la privacidad?

En mis clases de "periodismo emprendedor," los periodistas que proponen nuevos medios creen que el modelo de la publicidad en línea es el mismo que el del impreso.

En sus planes de negocios, presentan las tarifas por la portada y otras páginas de manera del impreso.

La antigua idea es clara: los anunciantes pagan solamente por estar al lado de los contenidos del sitio sin saber los detalles.